Blayney Netball Association's under-14 outfit continued its rampant lead-up to the Netball NSW HART Junior State Titles, adding a third consecutive gala day title to their bulging 2021 trophy cabinet at Parkes on Saturday.
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With an undefeated campaign at Parkes the young, gun side backed up its win at Forbes earlier this month and its gutsy success in the wet at Cowra back in March, the treble boding well ahead of next month's state championship.
The side will be sweating on the fitness of key shooter Layla Fearnley though, who suffered a hand injury on Saturday. She does have a month to recover before the state titles though, in Sydney on June 26-28.
"Layla is in plaster at the moment I think, so we'll wait to hear how her injury is," Blayney Netball Association president Julie Prosper said.
"It was really exciting for the girls again, they've won in Cowra, Forbes and now Parkes so their preparation for the state titles has been really strong."
Blayney's under-15 side also finished runners-up and the under-11 outfit secured a couple of wins as well, the latter's first victories throughout those 2021 carnivals so far.
"It was so great to see the looks on the under-11 players' faces after they won, it was their first few wins after some really good efforts in the other carnivals," Prosper said.
"They actually played our under-10 team in one of the games too. The under 10s were actually winning at half-time, but the under 11s came back to win the game."
Blayney's outfits from under 12s through to under 15s will continue their preparations for the state titles, with the eldest of those competing in the senior championships across the June long weekend.
The sheer number of junior netballers in the Blayney association is a massive positive in itself.
"I think the number we have would probably be unrivalled for an association our size, to have that many players and teams heading away to state titles is really exciting and great for the game," she said.